The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a crane service provider with five safety violations and $26,000 in penalties in the death of an employee in August 2023. An OSHA ...

The operators of a Harbor Bridge project crane that malfunctioned and caught fire last year have reached a settlement with federal safety officials, agreeing to comply with approved procedures and ...

To coincide with the proposed rule on Cranes and Derricks in Construction published in the Federal Register, OSHA has initiated a National Crane Safety Initiative to address safety hazards during ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — Three construction companies are under investigation after part of a crane fell onto a bridge Thursday afternoon, killing a worker and injuring three people on the ground. One of the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — Two contractors could have prevented the Fort Lauderdale crane collapse in April that killed a man after falling about 30 stories, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation revealed.

The federal investigation into April’s Fort Lauderdale crane crash found five workplace safety violations by two companies that led to one death. Proposed fine: $61,299, “the maximum amount that OSHA ...

BOISE, Idaho — Two businesses were cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after a Boise airplane hangar that was under construction suddenly collapsed on Jan. 31, 2024, ...

A federal investigation into how a 47-year-old carpenter was fatally injured on Oct. 6, 2021, at the Pinellas Gateway Express project in Clearwater, Florida, found his employer violated safety ...

A 23-year-old construction worker died in March when an overloaded crane collapsed. OSHA has proposed $262,977 of fines against the construction contractor. Its 15 violations included failing to ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigated the crane company and the general contractor overseeing the site. Both investigations concluded without any violations found.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to apply the worker safety and health standards used for cranes and derricks to demolition and underground construction work under its direct ...

The 2018 crane rule from OSHA provided a framework for establishing operator competency for the construction industry. The operator must be: Trained + Certified/Licensed + Evaluated = Qualified. In ...